IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/tjorxx/v75y2024i10p2008-2017.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The double stack railcar allocation problem at marine container terminals

Author

Listed:
  • Dung-Ying Lin
  • Yu-Jie Kong
  • ManWo Ng

Abstract

This paper introduces and solves a real-world problem that arises at container ports, namely the double stack railcar allocation problem. The key challenge in the double stack railcar allocation problem is to balance the number of containers loaded and the railcar usage, while respecting the loading constraints for double stack trains. To capture the key characteristics of the double stack railcar allocation problem, an integer linear optimization model is presented. The model is found to be computationally prohibitive for a state-of-the-art off-the-shelf solver (CPLEX). Hence, a tailored solution method is proposed that manages to drastically reduce the computation times, sometimes by more than 99%. In a detailed case study, insights into the double stack railcar allocation problem are revealed and discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Dung-Ying Lin & Yu-Jie Kong & ManWo Ng, 2024. "The double stack railcar allocation problem at marine container terminals," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 75(10), pages 2008-2017, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjorxx:v:75:y:2024:i:10:p:2008-2017
    DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2023.2294861
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01605682.2023.2294861
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/01605682.2023.2294861?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:tjorxx:v:75:y:2024:i:10:p:2008-2017. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/tjor .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.